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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

915 PM CDT MON JUL 22 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR DOUGLAS COUNTY UNTIL 200 AM

CDT...



AT 915 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

HEAVY RAINS CONTINUING OVER EASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY. 4 TO 6 INCHES OF 

RAIN HAS BEEN ESTIMATED SINCE 530 PM.



AT 850 PM CDT...DOUGLAS COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED 1 TO 2 FEET OF WATER 

OVER THE ROADS IN NEWMAN.  THIS IS A DANGEROUS FLOODING SITUATION.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODS. IT IS VERY DIFFICULT AT NIGHT TO JUDGE HOW

MUCH WATER COVERS ROADWAYS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS.



REPORT FLASH FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL ESDA...OR THE NEAREST LAW

ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. STAY

TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS.



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